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Software has become the invisible thread which drives an increasingly larger percentage of innovation in manufactured products and business systems. Meaning both product manufacturers and companies whose business relies on IT are becoming more and more dependent on software to help achieve their business objectives. These objectives could be externally focused toward getting to market first with innovative offerings, internally focused on process improvement and/or increased return on investment, or both! However, the reality of our world... [More]

Leading analysts like IDC, Gartner, Forrester, Hurwitz and Ovum stresses on the importance of software quality management across the lifecycle and managing requirements based on accurate, real-time information. Gartner's report on Application Lifecycle Management and its effect on quality rates IBM as the #1 market leader. (Access the report here ) The major benefits that IBM’s solution reaps are: 1. Improves collaboration between requirements analysts, developers and test teams across geographical boundaries 2. Makes it possible to view... [More]

In today's world of software development where the end result is often measured as business results or return on investment, there is an increasing focus on reducing risk and cost while delivering on the needs of the business. Development teams now need to react rapidly to change while adopting more efficient and effective methods for releasing quality software to production more frequently. Test teams are not immune to these shortened delivery cycles and many are struggling with implementing test practice improvements allowing them to keep... [More]

As the need to rapidly develop and deploy quality systems and software grows, the world of testing and approaches used to validate the quality of these deployments is changing. Development and testing roles are continuing to blur and there is more and more focus on automation to increase team productivity and efficiency. Teams, now more then ever, are looking to adopt reliable optimized, collaborative and integrated solutions allowing them to focus on executing their activities while relying on the chosen solution to automatically capture or... [More]

Looking for ways to save time, reduce effort and cut costs while improving quality is something all development organizations should be concerned with as project teams deliver software releases at an accelerated pace to meet the growing demands of the business. While reducing cost to the project and cutting risk for the business are key measurements in quantifying business results, customer satisfaction and a successful end user experience significantly contributes to a business gaining market share and competitive advantage. Bottom line -... [More]

Couple of months back, IBM took recognizing technical thought leadership by announcing IBM Champion program . An IBM Champion is an IT professional, business leader, developer, or educator who influences and mentors others to help them make best use of IBM software, solutions, and services. The interesting part is IBM Champions are not IBMers! IBM Champions have gone above and beyond to share their knowledge for the benefit of a wider community through their participation in communities, articles, whitepapers and speaking assignments. Out... [More]

I hope you are "Now" thinking about coming to
Innovate 2012. Why wouldn't you want to! How often do you get a chance to sun
yourself in Orlando, catch up with old friends or meet new people with similar
interests while learning about new innovative techniques, solutions and best practices to
help you do your job better and faster? And yes, have fun while doing it! Maybe you still haven't made up your mind, want to register but need assistance, or have already registered but want more information. Perhaps I can help. ... [More]

All my bags are packed and I am ready to go... Can you believe it? 8 days until Innovate 2012 starts on June 3rd! Seems that Innovate 2011 was not long ago but then again "That Was Yesterday" . If you want to learn more about integration testing and service virtualization it is "Urgent" that you attend Innovate 2012. But "Just Between You and Me" there are also quality management and testing sessions for those quality professionals with an interest in mobile application development, agile testing, and so much... [More]

Finally back in my office with some time to reflect on the week at Innovate 2012. It was such a great conference, I am challenged picking which memory to highlight first as there are so many things to choose from. Sunday night, conference attendees showed a tremendous interest on the topic of service virtualization, Rational's new testing solutions, and Green Hat technology. Hundreds of people stopped by the Green Hat solution center booth to get their "Green Groove" on and see the future of testing - Rational Test Workbench &... [More]

In an ideal world, Agile teams are collocated. A collaborative world with open dialog where everybody is on the same page working to achieve a common goal of quickly delivering quality software with confidence. However, for many, the reality is that Agile team members are distributed. There are independent test teams located miles away from the developers. Testing composite applications deployed on heterogeneous environments without the ability to openly discuss challenges with developers at the water cooler or during an informal discussion.... [More]